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Obituary of George N. Wilver

| April 11, 2018

George N. Wilver is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  During the Civil War he served in the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L, as a Private from 14 February 1865 through his honorable discharge on 14 July 1865.  He was born 22 January 1842, the son of George G. Wilver and his wife […]

Conrad Zimmerman – Last G.A.R. Member of Halifax

| April 2, 2018

The death of Conrad Zimmerman in Halifax, Dauphin County, on 22 October 1930, was widely reported in area newspapers because he was the last surviving member of a G.A.R. post that had disbanded.  The portrait above was published in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 24 October 1930. What was not stated in any of the articles […]

Emma [Hoffman] Yentch – Lykens Woman’s Relief Corps Member

| March 28, 2018

According to her death certificate, Emma [Hoffman] Yentch died on 5 January 1908 in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of pneumonia.  She was the widow of Frederick Yentch, a Civil War veteran who died in Lykens on 11 September 1885. Her obituary, which appeared in the Lykens Standard, 10 January 1908, told of her role in […]

Who Was George T. Willis, Drummer Boy, Buried at Lykens?

| March 21, 2018

From a listing that appeared in the Lykens Standard, 17 May 1917, compiled by Claude Keiser, a member of the Sons of Veterans, the name of George Willis appears as a burial in the Union Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Keiser, in supplying the information, which included all the Lykens cemeteries. indicated that his list […]

Abel Wise – Surviving Son of Revolutionary War Soldier, 1891

| March 14, 2018

  Abel Wise, who was born in Millersburg on 3 October 1821, the son of Adam Wise (1751-1833) and Catherine Neiman Patton Wise (1785-1863).  At the time of the Civil War, he served in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Sergeant, from 25 February 1865 through his honorable discharge on 24 August 1865.  […]